Books - Comments / Reviews by ppint.

Books - Comments / Reviews by ppint.

« Member Page

Page 42 of 675 : Previous : Next :

Member	Item		Review/Comment
ppint. 5th Feb 2024		Book Frederik Pohl - A Plague Of Pythons (1965)	ballantine books mmpb apparently simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first edition° cover art by ralph brillhart (the painting is signed brillhart, somewhat below the alien's free left hand, not visible on cover, uncredited)† cover price 50¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising ° - the indicia publishing history of the third printing gives 11/1965 for the canadian-carcassed first † - jane frank wrongly attributes this art to richard powers
ppint. 5th Feb 2024		Book Robert Sheckley - After The Fall (1980)	the novelettes are ''the making of revelation, part 1'' by philip josé farmer ''sungrab'' by william f. nolan, a sam space story, and ''the kingdom of o'ryan'' by bob shaw
ppint. 5th Feb 2024		Book Robert Sheckley - After The Fall (1980)	author field should^W has been varied to editor
ppint. 5th Feb 2024		Book Robert Sheckley - After The Fall (1980)	thomson books ltd. (tbl) sphere books p/b first printing, apparently first edition; its publication preceded that of the grosset & dunlap ace mmpb according to locus original anthology of twelve short stories and three novelettes, with nf introduction by the editor cover art by peter elson (signed with his pe in a line-drawn box, uncredited) cover price £1.30, £1.30 malta, $4.75 australia 192pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising roger zelazny's surname is mis-spelled ''zelazney'' and table-of-contents omits copeland's ''e''.
ppint. 5th Feb 2024		Book Robert Sheckley - After The Fall (1980)	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb first printing, first edition according to indicia publishing date, but was preceded by the sphere books uk p/b edition this ace mmpb did not in fact appear until 1/1981 according to locus #242, 3/1981. the cover art (unsigned sfacbs, and uncredited) is attributed to paul alexander in ''science fiction and fantasy artists of the twentieth century'' jane frank (2009), q.v.
ppint. 5th Feb 2024		Book Vincent King - Candy Man (1972)	readers union group the science fiction book club first printing, not first uk h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art unsigned, uncredited yellow on black possibly based on microscopic slide of plant cells?) cover (d-j) price 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p, perfectbound with endpapers between covered boards copies were evidently still in stock december 1972 as it was notionally renumbered cat# 5008
ppint. 5th Feb 2024		Book Vincent King - Light A Last Candle (1971)	chosen by-line for his sf of art teacher, writer and artist rex thomas vinson, ''king'' being the translation of the latin word ''rex''; 22/10/1935 - (?)/5/2000
ppint. 4th Feb 2024		Book Vincent King - Time Snake And Superclown (1976)	futura publications p/b first printing, first edition a futura book, orbit science fiction series cover art by peter andrew (paj) jones (signed paj75, uncredited) cover price 60p, $2.50 canada 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 4th Feb 2024		Book Vincent King - Candy Man (1973)	tbl (thomson books ltd.) group sphere books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by patrick woodroffe (signed, signature partly visible, uncredited) cover price 35p, $1.10 australia, $1.10 new zealand 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 4th Feb 2024		Book Vincent King - Candy Man (1971)	victor gollancz first printing, first h/cvr edition, first uk edition cover (d-j) art none; typographical in magenta and black on ''gollancz yellow'' field cover (d-j) price £1.80 192pp. including titles, indicia, end p., bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 4th Feb 2024		Book Vincent King - Candy Man (1971)	ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings, first edition cover art by dean ellis (unsigned, credited) cover price 95¢ 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established, nor liable to be, both state first printing: june, 1971
ppint. 4th Feb 2024		Book Vincent King - Another End (1971)	ballantine books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by dean ellis (unsigned, credited) cover price 95¢ 192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising check title page, indicia for statement (that) ballantine books (is) an intext publisher
ppint. 4th Feb 2024		Book Vincent King - Light A Last Candle (1971)	universal-tandem tandem books first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by chris achilleos (unsigned, uncredited, was on the artist's website) cover price 25p (no? overseas territories prices?) 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 4th Feb 2024		Book Vincent King - Light A Last Candle (1970)	rapp & whiting first printing, first h/cvr edition cover (d-j) art by lawrence edwards (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap) cover (d-j) price £1.40/28s. 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 4th Feb 2024		Book Vincent King - Light A Last Candle (1969)	ballantine books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by robert (bob) foster (signed, uncredited) cover price 75¢ 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising check title page, indicia for statement (that) ballantine books (is) an intext publisher
ppint. 4th Feb 2024		Book Robert Graves - Watch The Northwind Rise (1969)	avon mmpb third printing with new cover art by robert (bob) foster (unsigned, credited as bob foster) cover price 75¢ 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 4th Feb 2024		Book Frederik Pohl - Tomorrow Times Seven (1969)	contents: the haunted corpse (short story) galaxy vol.13 #3, 1/1957, one b+w illustration by jack gaughan the middle of nowhere (ss) galaxy vol.10 #2, 5/1955, three b+w illustrations by fred kirberger the gentle venusian (ss) galaxy vol.16 #3, 6/1958; strato bre #65 both: as ''the gentlest unpeople''; three b+w illustrations by wallace wood (bre only two of these) the day of the boomer dukes (ss) future #30, 8/1956, with one b+w illustration by ed emshwiller survival kit (novelette) galaxy vol.14 #1, 5/1957; strato bre #52; both three b+w illustrations by jack gaughan the knights of arthur (ntte) galaxy vol.15 #3, 1/1958; strato bre #60; both: three b+w illustrations by don martin to see another mountain (ss) f&sf vol.16 #4, 4/1959; venture atlas bre #13, 9/1964
ppint. 4th Feb 2024		Book Frederik Pohl - The Age Of The Pussyfoot (1969)	ballantine books mmpb first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first p/b edition cover art by robert (bob) foster (signed, shared from/with trident press h/cvr first edition d-j art) cover price 75¢ 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established in/by the history, both state first ballantine printing: october, 1969
ppint. 4th Feb 2024		Book Robert Silverberg - The Masks Of Time (1982)	w. h. allen & co. star books p/b first printing, third printing of the tandem books p/b suitably emended, with new cover art by bruce pennington (unsigned, uncredited, style is of one of his unmistakable period's, and attributed online, being inter alia featured in pulpcrush's bruce pennington slide-show on utube) cover price £1.50, £1.55 malta, $4.50 australia 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 4th Feb 2024		Book Robert Silverberg - The Masks Of Time (1977)	tandem books p/b second printing, first using the original title, with new cover art by bob haberfield (unsigned, uncredited; attribution found via online search) cover price 80p 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising isbn incorporates the previous tandem p/b cat#, which itself included the sbn's identical checksum digit
ppint. 4th Feb 2024		Book Robert Silverberg - Vornan-19 (1972)	universal-tandem publishing tandem books imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by chris achilleos (unsigned, credited to c. achilleos) cover price 30p, 95c australia, 95c new zealand, $1.25 canada 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising & mail-order information cat# on cover includes the sbn checksum digit
ppint. 4th Feb 2024		Book Robert Silverberg - Vornan-19 (1970)	sidgwick & jackson first printing, first h/cvr edition, first uk edition cover (d-j) art none, typographical and line-drawn frame in dark blue upon silver-coloured field cover (d-j) price £1.50 256pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
ppint. 4th Feb 2024		Book Robert Silverberg - The Masks Of Time (1968)	ballantine books mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by robert (bob) foster (unsigned sfacbs, uncredited; given in ''infinite worlds'' vincent difate (1997), q.v.) cover price 75¢ 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 4th Feb 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - Thalia (1974)	ein ullstein buch, apparently first german language edition cover art by frank frazetta (part of signature visible) (re-used from ''child of the sun'' kyle onstott, lance horner (1966); (fawcett gold medal mmpb 1972), q.v.) cover design by ingrid roheling (unsigned, credited) cover price dm 2,80 144pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. including nf afterword by robert a. heinlein (german translation, presumably by ingrid rothmann, of the english language nf introduction) german translation ©1973 by ullstein, book printed and published 1974 month of publication not given, taken from science fiction times #134
ppint. 3rd Feb 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Glory That Was (1992)	first published date is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected from 1952 to 1960.
ppint. 3rd Feb 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Glory That Was (1992)	baen publishing enterprises baen books mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition cover art by doug anderson cover price (canada $5.50) u.s. $4.50 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia, nf introduction by robert a. heinlein, etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 3rd Feb 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Glory That Was (1979)	first published date is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to 1960
ppint. 3rd Feb 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Glory That Was (1979)	grosset & dunlap charter communications ace books mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition cover art by steve (stephen) hickman (credited) cover price $1.95 248pp. including titles, indicia, nf introduction by robert a. heinlein, etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 3rd Feb 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Glory That Was (1971)	first published date is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to 1960 the short novel version ''serialized'' in startling stories vol.25 #3, 4/1952, may've been abridged - or an earlier, somewhat shorter - version; i've not attempted to compare the word-counts. the first edition is the avalon books h/cvr published by thomas bouregy & co. in h/cvr in 1960
ppint. 3rd Feb 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Glory That Was (1960)	thomas bouregy & co. avalon books h/cvr first printing 1960, first edition cover (d-j) art by ed emshwiller (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap) cover (d-j) price $2.95 224pp. including titles, indicia, nf introduction by robert a. heinlein, etc, end p., bound with endpapers between covered boards

Page 42 of 675 : Previous : Next :